
Leander and Hero from The London Literary Gazette (22nd February 1823)
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
Lama’at (Divine Flashes)
Leander and Hero from The London Literary Gazette (22nd February 1823)
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
By Still Waters (1906)
From 'Sonnet - to Expression', Poems 1786, kindle ebook ASIN B00849523Q
Source: Ode to Evening (1747) http://www.netpoets.com/classic/poems/017002.htm, line 21.
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness”
Bk. I, l. 1
Endymion (1818)
Context: A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
As quoted in "2011's Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters" http://www.fpa.es/en/awards/2011/leonard-cohen-1/speech/